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, clean energy generation, and innovation. throughout the process of both looking at those new power plants, and most importantly, at the existing plants, we have conducted what i think is the most vigorous outreach and most comprehensive outreach program that you can imagine, well in advance of putting any pen and paper down in terms of a proposal, which is not due until next june. we held 11 public listening sessions, have been meeting with anyone who wants to talk about this. i welcome continued dialogue, which you can send into the epa. the most important thing, we got 3,000 people who came to us, speaking their mind, and also speaking from their heart. it was a great experience for them and from the great folks at epa, who worked tirelessly on this issue and got to see firsthand and relish in the democratic process, listening to people. i want to thank the folks at epa each day. let's move on to what is next. we are going to continue to take the lead in implementing the president climate action plan. we have authority to
, clean energy generation, and innovation. throughout the process of both looking at those new power plants, and most importantly, at the existing plants, we have conducted what i think is the most vigorous outreach and most comprehensive outreach program that you can imagine, well in advance of putting any pen and paper down in terms of a proposal, which is not due until next june. we held 11 public listening sessions, have been meeting with anyone who wants to talk about this. i welcome...
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and commerce subcommittee on energy and power will hear from energy regulatory commissioners. we cover a democratic steering committee hearing on the unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. >> we will focus on the farm with one of the conferees. we will take your questions about the affordable care act and budget negotiations. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> friday, washington journal looks at the mission and role of the national institutes of health starting live at 7:30 a.m. easter with the director -- eastern with the director. 8:00, infectious diseases director. at 9:00, national cancer institute director. a look at the national institute of mental health. all with your calls and comments live on c-span. american federation of teachers president criticize the implementation of the common core education standards and defended public employee pensions saying wall street interests are responsible for detroit's bankruptcy. she spoke to reporters at a breakfast hosted by the christian science monitor. >> our gues
and commerce subcommittee on energy and power will hear from energy regulatory commissioners. we cover a democratic steering committee hearing on the unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. >> we will focus on the farm with one of the conferees. we will take your questions about the affordable care act and budget negotiations. washington journal is live on c- span every day at 7:00 eastern. >> friday, washington journal looks at the mission and role of...
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but it is one where, right now, my job is not to did they energy markets or energy futures. it is to get pollution. the pollution i am looking at is traditional glutens, as well as carbon. natural gas being abundant has been a game changer in our ability to really move forward thatpollution reductions have been very hard to get our arms around for many decades. >> we are about out of time. i want to ask one last question. resiliency.nd three years ago, i refused to use the words. my basic view is we needed to reduce the omissions and start talking about adaptation and resiliency was in some ways to give up. the reality is we have to talk about it now. epa probably -- does not have a regulatory arm on this one, but can you talk a little bit -- you come from a part of the country, you probably see impacts probably earlier than other parts. >> it is funny i was where you in terms of wanting to focus on mitigation first. knowieve adaptation, and i the president does, is anonymously important to address. it is an immediate safety issue. dash it is -- it is an enormous economic th
but it is one where, right now, my job is not to did they energy markets or energy futures. it is to get pollution. the pollution i am looking at is traditional glutens, as well as carbon. natural gas being abundant has been a game changer in our ability to really move forward thatpollution reductions have been very hard to get our arms around for many decades. >> we are about out of time. i want to ask one last question. resiliency.nd three years ago, i refused to use the words. my basic...
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., members of the house energy and -- subcommittee on energy and power will hear from the federal energy regulatory commissioners. 3, 10:30 eastern on c-span we cover a democratic steering committee meeting on unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. walk in, they are tables in front with a lot of pamphlets. prior to to entering the gun show. and the pamphlets are on how the government is trying to take away your rights. that, andoing obamacare is terrible. those of the guys i wanted to talk to because those are the guys with the leaflets. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? i said, i am a researcher in doing research on these organizations, these ideas and trying to understand the guys, i am wondering -- i am studying men who like this stuff. here'said, look, what i am. i do not get it. here is my job -- i want to understand how you guys see the world. not convince me and i will not convince you. that is off the table. what is on the table, i want to understand why you think you way you do. " downward mobility," the fears, anxieties a
., members of the house energy and -- subcommittee on energy and power will hear from the federal energy regulatory commissioners. 3, 10:30 eastern on c-span we cover a democratic steering committee meeting on unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. walk in, they are tables in front with a lot of pamphlets. prior to to entering the gun show. and the pamphlets are on how the government is trying to take away your rights. that, andoing obamacare is terrible. those of...
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it takes a lot of our energy. >> ms. baker? i have been flooded with questions and phone calls over the last year with my clients -- there is just a lot of confusion among wondering if they have to start providing the health insurance, when it will be mandated, what they have to do. burdennitely has been a on my practice to try to answer all the questions that are out there. >> and all those man-hours are borne by your business and therefore you are not making any money. >> absolutely. >> umbel very much for your testimony. >> we do have time for another question or two. i will yield five minutes to records and the pond. hanh. representative on >> it would be nice to hold these hearings with the thought that if we did hear some unintended consequences that impact our small business, that we have the relief of our friends on the other side who would like to work on fixing some of these problems. i get frustrated in these hearings because i know the main purpose is to have more bad stuff -- to add more bad stuff to talk about and
it takes a lot of our energy. >> ms. baker? i have been flooded with questions and phone calls over the last year with my clients -- there is just a lot of confusion among wondering if they have to start providing the health insurance, when it will be mandated, what they have to do. burdennitely has been a on my practice to try to answer all the questions that are out there. >> and all those man-hours are borne by your business and therefore you are not making any money. >>...
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we have also done a whole bunch of work in terms of energy investments. there are a lot of things you can do with this patient capital in terms of helping readers in the infrastructure. >> we are going next to sean higgins. >> one of the issues that has up in the detroit bankruptcy issues is a collection that is valued in the billions. as an educator, do you support that? >> let me just say that the educators in the city have been under a different kind of emergency manager for a long time. the governor had the first emergency management statute, but it was done in a much more it was done of a lot of conversation back and forth in terms of the educators. frankly, our members in detroit have hugely sacrificed in the last two contracts in terms of taking pay cuts and other things amounting to four percent. -- 12%. the city school system is working with the educators now. there've been a lot of problems. this new emergency manager has been working with the educators. they are seeing some real turnaround. i want to give them props in terms of what they have d
we have also done a whole bunch of work in terms of energy investments. there are a lot of things you can do with this patient capital in terms of helping readers in the infrastructure. >> we are going next to sean higgins. >> one of the issues that has up in the detroit bankruptcy issues is a collection that is valued in the billions. as an educator, do you support that? >> let me just say that the educators in the city have been under a different kind of emergency manager...
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., members of the house energy and commerce committee on energy and power will hear from federal energy regulatory commissioners. later, on c-span 3, we cover a democratic steering committee hearing on unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the month. >> in a survey of major main, the kansas city star was rated more in favor of reform than all the other major metropolitan newspapers in the united states combined. as nelson himself told an in 1910, i don't want the stars editorial to be a lot of literary essays. i want to get things done. up on pastowed performance with an editorial in the star that rejected the notion that roosevelt was a man on horseback who would seize power and become a dictator. he is a builder recalled to his work, said the paper, rather than a man on horseback. after roosevelt's arrival from africa amid talk of his candidacy, there were clubs formed like napoleon in the of 1910. >> the impact of newspaper publisher william rockhill nelson on the american movement sunday at span 3.stern on c- >> representative greg walden, chairman of the house energy su
., members of the house energy and commerce committee on energy and power will hear from federal energy regulatory commissioners. later, on c-span 3, we cover a democratic steering committee hearing on unemployment benefits set to expire at the end of the month. >> in a survey of major main, the kansas city star was rated more in favor of reform than all the other major metropolitan newspapers in the united states combined. as nelson himself told an in 1910, i don't want the stars...
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and jobs act, the energy security act, the veteran emergency medical technician act. all of these are measures the house passed. the gentle man will agree the best way to address chronically unemployed is to the them get back to work. skills act was designed specifically to do that, to help the chronically unemployed to act with necessary skill they need to enter the job market of today. out thisurther point week the congressional budget office issued a report in a request where the extension of unemployment benefits in which it says some unemployed workers who would be eligible for those benefits would reduce the intensity of their job search and remain unemployed longer, which would equal trees -- which would and employment. i would say such policies if we were to continue would lead to greater deficit, which would eventually reduce a nations out the door income slightly below what would occur under current i think we should be focused on how to get people back to work. has is where the house focused. they await consideration at all. back. >> i think the gentleman f
and jobs act, the energy security act, the veteran emergency medical technician act. all of these are measures the house passed. the gentle man will agree the best way to address chronically unemployed is to the them get back to work. skills act was designed specifically to do that, to help the chronically unemployed to act with necessary skill they need to enter the job market of today. out thisurther point week the congressional budget office issued a report in a request where the extension...
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the women in those positions have said, no, actually, i showed the next woman where the pockets of energy or the pockets of money were. it is like bringing the next one along. it is so exciting, because we have to find ways to really expand these numbers. we cannot just keep moving along. it takes 200 years at the rate we are going. i am not kidding. literally. you have to find ways to say, we already have one woman in this state come hell or high water. we are going to run a woman for governor and a woman for senator in that very state. and by the way, once you get two, it is more likely you will have a third, like in new hampshire. >> this is good news for our female gubernatorial candidates. >> the political parity project is a little bit unusual. if you are from here, our votes cancel out each other's every electoral cycle. and she raised money on several occasions for my opponent when i ran for governor. it is not immediately apparent why we would come together and work together to get more women into politics. we both felt that all of the wonderful efforts that everyone had been wor
the women in those positions have said, no, actually, i showed the next woman where the pockets of energy or the pockets of money were. it is like bringing the next one along. it is so exciting, because we have to find ways to really expand these numbers. we cannot just keep moving along. it takes 200 years at the rate we are going. i am not kidding. literally. you have to find ways to say, we already have one woman in this state come hell or high water. we are going to run a woman for governor...
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energy regulatory commissioners. eastern later at 10:30 on c-span three, a democratic hearing onmmittee unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. as you walk in, there are tables in front with lots of pamphlets. prior to entering the gun show. the pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your rights to own guns and obama is doing this and obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to because they were the guys with the leaflets, the ideas. i said to them, is this your stuff? they said, who are you? pedantic -- i am an academic researcher doing research on these organizations and ideas, trying to understand these, and i study men who believe this stuff. and they looked at me suspiciously and said, sort of asked me questions. i just said, look, here is what i am. i don't get it. here is my job, i went to understand how you guys see the world. i want to understand your worldview. look, you will not convince me, and i will not convince you. that is off the table
energy regulatory commissioners. eastern later at 10:30 on c-span three, a democratic hearing onmmittee unemployment benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month. as you walk in, there are tables in front with lots of pamphlets. prior to entering the gun show. the pamphlets are how the government is trying to take away your rights to own guns and obama is doing this and obamacare is terrible. those were the guys i wanted to talk to because they were the guys with the leaflets, the...
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i think in particular it's the time that's been spent and political energy spent around the fiscal issues in particular. the debt ceiling standoffs, the government shutdown. that those are obviously symbolic and highlight the lack of the white house and get essional ability to together and solve problems and so i think it will be a big part. lso, this congress apparently is going to go down -- the 113th congress as the least productive terms of passing new legislation. ouse speaker john boehner said that's fine. that their primary focus is on -- is on impeding was his word. so i think in their own epublican words, that's a big part of what they hope is their legacy. > let's go to fey now from wardcove, arkansas for our line for independence. you. morning to >> good morning. the one thing i was wondering about this insurance care or ealth care, whatever they call it, are there other countries that force the citizens to buy do, is it nd if they all american insurance companies noticed that se i the banks bought up a lot of insurance companies. just before this went into effect. > well, we'r
i think in particular it's the time that's been spent and political energy spent around the fiscal issues in particular. the debt ceiling standoffs, the government shutdown. that those are obviously symbolic and highlight the lack of the white house and get essional ability to together and solve problems and so i think it will be a big part. lso, this congress apparently is going to go down -- the 113th congress as the least productive terms of passing new legislation. ouse speaker john boehner...
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from the outset of the crisis, the time and energy we put into regulatory reforms have been paired with efforts to promote high-quality standards, build a level playing field, and reduce risk. we have made considerable progress through the g 20 in designing a morse table and resilient system, but the design is not sufficient. implementation and follow- through are key and we must avoid a race to the bottom. meet withary, i will the g 20 finance ministers and i will use this as an opportunity to colin world's biggest economies to bear down more forcefully on implementation. willgenda is this -- we take steps to make sure global banks meet the high standards we have set. that means moving swiftly to move strong and high-quality capital, curb leverage, and build strong buffers to protect themselves in times of crisis. the gl years ago, the -- 20 recommended reporting of over-the-counter derivatives be in place by now. the united states has forged ahead getting that done. we need to make sure these recommendations are put in place around the globe area there'll be different -- difficult cro
from the outset of the crisis, the time and energy we put into regulatory reforms have been paired with efforts to promote high-quality standards, build a level playing field, and reduce risk. we have made considerable progress through the g 20 in designing a morse table and resilient system, but the design is not sufficient. implementation and follow- through are key and we must avoid a race to the bottom. meet withary, i will the g 20 finance ministers and i will use this as an opportunity to...
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president obama claims he wants to keep the core sanctions on iran's oral, energy, -- oil, energy, financial sector in place until there is a real copperhead the agreement. at issue is -- sanctions are like a brick wall, and hopefully top ofjust taking the breaks off. with a big break from the foundation, the wall of sanctions could crumble. host: next call, atlanta, georgia, sean, republican line. caller: do you believe that eventually iran will get a bomb? guest: thank you for your question. prettyy is that -- it is clear that iran has the capability to make a nuclear weapon, based on its declared capabilities. it could do it anywhere from six weeks to two months. now, what complicates things is that if it has undeclared capabilities, for example a hidden enrichment facility. . 2009, weind, and found that iran had built a facility inside a mountain. i think the worry is that iran is building up a latent capability at a minimum, the slaton capability that is some point in the future, it could -- this latent capability that and support in the future he could use.e to those in the think tank
president obama claims he wants to keep the core sanctions on iran's oral, energy, -- oil, energy, financial sector in place until there is a real copperhead the agreement. at issue is -- sanctions are like a brick wall, and hopefully top ofjust taking the breaks off. with a big break from the foundation, the wall of sanctions could crumble. host: next call, atlanta, georgia, sean, republican line. caller: do you believe that eventually iran will get a bomb? guest: thank you for your question....
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we have also done a whole bunch of work in terms of energy investments. there are a lot of things you can do with this patient capital in terms of reinvesting in the infrastructure. >> we are going next to sean higgins. >> one of the issues that has up in the detroit bankruptcy issues is a collection that is valued in the billions. some people have suggested selling that off. as an educator, do you support that, or what are your thoughts on that? >> let me just say that the educators in the city have been under a different kind of emergency manager for a long time. the governor had the first emergency management statute, but it was done in a much more it was done of a lot of conversation back and forth in terms of the educators. frankly, our members in detroit have hugely sacrificed in the last two contracts in terms of taking pay cuts and other things amounting to roughly about 10%. the city school system is working with the educators now. there've been a lot of problems. this new emergency manager has been working with the educators. they are seeing som
we have also done a whole bunch of work in terms of energy investments. there are a lot of things you can do with this patient capital in terms of reinvesting in the infrastructure. >> we are going next to sean higgins. >> one of the issues that has up in the detroit bankruptcy issues is a collection that is valued in the billions. some people have suggested selling that off. as an educator, do you support that, or what are your thoughts on that? >> let me just say that the...
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crisis, outset of the the time and energy we put into domestic regulatory reform is impaired with efforts to promote create aity standards, level playing field and reduce risk. we have made her breasts with the g-20 in a more stable financial system. but the design is not sufficient. implementation and policy are key and we must avoid a race to the bottom. i will meet are a, in australia with g-20 finance ministers and i will use it as an -- as an opportunity to call on the world's biggest economies to bear down even more forcefully on implementation. our 2014 agenda is this. we will take steps to make sure that global banks meet the high standards we have set good that means moving swiftly to build strong and high-quality capital, properly weight risk assets, curb leverage, and build strong liquidity buffers to protect themselves in times of crisis. g-20al years ago, the recommended that trading, reporting and clearing of over- the-counter derivatives be replaced by now. the united states has forged ahead in getting that done. we need to make sure that these recommendations are put in pl
crisis, outset of the the time and energy we put into domestic regulatory reform is impaired with efforts to promote create aity standards, level playing field and reduce risk. we have made her breasts with the g-20 in a more stable financial system. but the design is not sufficient. implementation and policy are key and we must avoid a race to the bottom. i will meet are a, in australia with g-20 finance ministers and i will use it as an -- as an opportunity to call on the world's biggest...
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an energy policy that utilizes the great energy capacity of this nation, everything from conservation and wind and solar and indeed the petroleum products. we need that energy policy in place today so that the wind industry in the united states, which is a huge industry in my district, can count on tomorrow's tax policy, which will end in less than a year. so they're not building. and when we give a tax credit for solar and wind, we give a tax credit for wind, or to the oil industry, we tell them, you only get that tax credit when you buy american-made solar panels, wind turbines and the like, because after all, they're using american taxpayer money. we need a labor policy so that we can re-educate those men and women that will no longer have a job in an industry that is no longer in existence. we need to make sure that labor has a fair shot and in the labor policy we absolutely must raise the minimum wage. that holds up the floor. and deals with the issue of poverty in america. education, research, infrastructure. this is the make it in america agenda. this is the agenda that we can
an energy policy that utilizes the great energy capacity of this nation, everything from conservation and wind and solar and indeed the petroleum products. we need that energy policy in place today so that the wind industry in the united states, which is a huge industry in my district, can count on tomorrow's tax policy, which will end in less than a year. so they're not building. and when we give a tax credit for solar and wind, we give a tax credit for wind, or to the oil industry, we tell...
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you know, this is not an energy pursuit at all. it's clearly a pursuit to manipulate the world stage toward their end. toward their end that oftentimes are driven by terror. one of the great advocates of a strong u.s.-israeli relationship and one of the great advocates of a strong u.s. foreign policy is the gentlelady from florida, former chairman of the foreign affairs committee, to whom i'd yield now, ms. ileana ros-lehtinen. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. i want to thank mr. roskam for his leadership in spear heading this discussion on the dangers of last month's interim nuclear agreement deal with iran. as we've had more time to dissect this deal, it is becoming clearer and clearer that despite secretary kerry's claim that no deal is better than a bad deal, we've been had. in exchange for the one thing that iran so desperately needs, sanctions relief to jump-start its flailing economy, the administration received nothing more than window dressing to stop iran's nuclear program. this interim deal is the unrave
you know, this is not an energy pursuit at all. it's clearly a pursuit to manipulate the world stage toward their end. toward their end that oftentimes are driven by terror. one of the great advocates of a strong u.s.-israeli relationship and one of the great advocates of a strong u.s. foreign policy is the gentlelady from florida, former chairman of the foreign affairs committee, to whom i'd yield now, ms. ileana ros-lehtinen. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. i want to thank...
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circuit court ruled in favor of america's energy ratepayers. for more than 30 years the department of energy has assessed a special tax and assessment on my constituents and the residents of 40 other states around the country who received their electricity from nuclear power. minnesotans have paid over $400 million a loan. the reason for this tax? to pay for the disposal of used fuels generate interested nuclear energy. to date the total amount collected is more than $24 billion, but little of that money has even been spent. since 1987, the law of the land remains that yucca mountain is the site for geelogical storage of nuclear spent fuel. unfortunately for ratepayers. partisanship and bickering in washington has nearly halted the program from moving forward. in classic washington fashion, even with all of this inaction, the taxes continued to be assessed and the moneys have continued to be collected. fortunately now this recent court action will bring an end to this. but just for now. i have long been an advocate of stopping these payments. t
circuit court ruled in favor of america's energy ratepayers. for more than 30 years the department of energy has assessed a special tax and assessment on my constituents and the residents of 40 other states around the country who received their electricity from nuclear power. minnesotans have paid over $400 million a loan. the reason for this tax? to pay for the disposal of used fuels generate interested nuclear energy. to date the total amount collected is more than $24 billion, but little of...